Surgical Care Practitioner

Nuffield Health; Royal Tunbridge Wells; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 47,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday pay

Pension scheme

Discounted gym membership

Job summary

Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital is seeking a Surgical Care Practitioner to join the Cardiology bank team on a part-time basis. You will be registered with HCPC or NMC and bring post-registration perioperative experience, delivering high standards of care with a meticulous approach.

You’ll prioritise patient safety, promote a safe environment, support governance, manage theatre activity, and collaborate with clinicians to enhance service delivery across the hospital.

Qualifications

• HCPC or NMC registration
• post-registration perioperative experience
• commitment to high standards of perioperative care

Responsibilities

• Prioritise patient safety, taking appropriate actions and encouraging colleagues to call out and report safety concerns.
• Promote a safe working environment for patients, visitors and staff (in full compliance with all policies and procedures).
• Support governance activity, ensuring full compliance with Quality governance framework and national standards.
• Provide and lead care management and delivery, treating patients with kindness, dignity, respect and compassion.
• Collaborate with other clinicians within the Hospital, building strong working relationships.
• Take charge of a theatre, co-ordinating and delivering work activities and leading junior practitioners.

Job description

Surgical Care Practitioner

Tunbridge Wells Hospital | Cardiology | Bank | Part time

Up to £29 per hour depending on experience

Working on the bank means you are not contracted to a set number of hours per week but instead work on an ad-hoc basis to suit the needs of the business and your availability.

Wherever you’re currently working, Nuffield Health is where you’ll excel. As the UK’s largest Healthcare Charity, we can offer you a unique opportunity to feel valued, free from constraints and able to grow your career, while you’re helping us offer the highest standards of care. Transforming patient care, focusing on what matters. It starts with you.

As a Surgical Care Practitioner at our Tunbridge Wells Hospital, you’re registered with the appropriate governing body and you hold the relevant qualifications and experience, including HCPC or NMC registration. You bring a passion for high standards in perioperative care, a meticulous eye for detail and post-registration experience. You’re a focused, flexible and motivated team worker.

As a Surgical Care Practitioner, you will:

• Prioritise patient safety, taking appropriate actions and encouraging colleagues to call out and report safety concerns.


• Promote a safe working environment for patients, visitors and staff (in full compliance with all policies and procedures).


• Support governance activity, ensuring full compliance with Nuffield Health’s Quality governance framework and national standards, e.g. CQC/HIW/HIS Regulation, fundamentals of care, professional standards and evidence-based guidelines.


• Provide and lead care management and delivery, treating patients, families, friends and representatives with kindness, dignity, respect and compassion and support them to cope emotionally with their care, treatment or condition.


• Collaborate with other clinicians within the Hospital, building strong working relationships that enhance patient care and service delivery.


• Take charge of a theatre, co-ordinating and delivering work activities and leading junior practitioners.

Helping you feel good

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. From Holiday in line with the Working Time Directive, access to our Pension Scheme and discounted gym membership at £35.00 a month.

Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital

The Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital are recognised for their friendly atmosphere, clinical expertise, and high standards of care.

Our purpose-built hospital has been established since 1968. With 40 en-suite bedrooms, a busy outpatients and pre-assessment departments. We also provide a diagnostic imaging service (MRI, CT, Ultrasound, Mammography and X-ray), pathology, paediatric unit, surgical recovery ward, cancer care unit, 3 state of the art operating theatres and physiotherapy services.

Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.

Surgical Care Practitioner Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom